Costume Since 1945

Couture, Street Style, and Anti-fashion

Chapters on five-year periods from 1945 to 1995 capture the changes of mood and style in dress over the past 50 years, with color and b&w drawings of styles from street fashions and teenage trends to formal wear, haute couture, and anti-fashion. Text surveys social phenomena affecting fashion, such as the feminist movement and the invention of the teenager. For students in fashion and theater design. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.